DevOps SysOps Engineer
Job Summary
Abacus Strategic Advisory Sdn Bhd is seeking an experienced DevOps / SysOps Engineer to own and scale multi-environment production infrastructure. The role focuses on building resilient systems, acting as a lead troubleshooter during incidents, and driving automation and cost-optimization initiatives. Candidates will collaborate closely with engineering to ensure robust CI/CD practices and high system availability.
Responsibilities
- Own and scale multi-region production infrastructure running Linux and containerised microservices.
- Act as terminal-level troubleshooter during critical production incidents and manage incident response.
- Design and operate monitoring, log aggregation, and security stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, and NGINX.
- Build automated deployment pipelines with Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and Python/Bash scripting.
Required Skills
- 2-3 years experience in live Linux infrastructure and production deployment pipelines.
- Proficiency in Linux, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, and Git-based CI/CD.
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or ELK stack for observability.
- Strong scripting skills in Python or Bash.
- Strong English communication skills; Mandarin is a plus.
Job Details
Responsibilities:
Infrastructure & Reliability
- You will own and scale our multi-region production fleet running Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS), containerised microservices, and multi-cloud resources.
- Act as the terminal-level troubleshooter during incidents, lead incident response, and keep clear, actionable runbooks up to date.
- Plan and execute high-availability work including zero-downtime database upgrades, maintenance windows, and cross-region disaster recovery drills.
Observability & Security
- Design, deploy and operate monitoring and log aggregation stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki or the ELK stack.
- Route real-time alerts to Slack, Telegram or webhooks and tune alerts to reduce noise while keeping SLA visibility.
- Implement system hardening, maintain firewall postures, and configure reverse proxies or API gateways such as NGINX and Cloudflare WAF to reduce brute-force and DDoS risk.
Automation & Cost Operations
- Build and maintain automated configuration and deployment pipelines using Ansible, Jenkins and Terraform with Python or Bash scripting.
- Audit cloud spend and apply FinOps measures like instance right-sizing, private network peering and resource lifecycle policies to lower costs without harming SLAs.
- Collaborate with engineering to standardise Git-driven CI/CD practices and ensure deployments are repeatable and safe.
Requirements:
Qualifications & Experience
- Minimum 2 to 3 years of hands-on commercial experience operating live Linux infrastructure and managing production deployment pipelines.
- Proven experience with server administration, containerised microservices and multi-cloud architectures.
- Demonstrable ownership of production availability and incident response in a fast-paced environment.
Hard Skills & Knowledge
- Strong proficiency in Linux (Ubuntu or CentOS), Docker and Docker-Compose, Ansible, Terraform and Git-based CI/CD.
- Deep observability experience building Prometheus and Grafana metric pipelines and log aggregation with Loki or the ELK stack.
- Solid scripting ability in Python or Bash and practical experience with Jenkins or similar CI tools.
- Familiarity with NGINX, Cloudflare WAF, firewall configuration and core networking concepts relevant to resilience and security.
Soft Skills & Qualities
- You are highly autonomous, disciplined and comfortable with clear accountability for system stability in a flat team.
- Strong written and verbal English is required; the ability to speak or write Mandarin is a strong advantage.
- You communicate calmly under pressure, produce clear runbooks, and help upskill peers through documentation and knowledge sharing.